Hi everyone,
Everyone is busy working on their national contest. Some things you have
to do locally, other things are provided on a European level. A lot of
things were already mentioned on this list, but I would to provide a
list anyway. What are the things we can offer:
* Upload form : There is going to be an upload form per country in
multiple languages. We're working on the details with the WMF. When the
prototype is ready I expect each country to provide input (my Belarusian
is not what it used to be). I'll send around another email when I know
more (soon I hope). Notes at[1]
* Automatic categorization: If the unique identifier of a monument is
provided, it's possible to automatically categorize images after
uploadusing an automated bot which has access to the database. This is
already up and running. Take for example the Netherlands. Images are
uploaded to Category:Rijksmonumenten with a identifier
({{Rijksmonument|<id>}}). The bot keeps an eye on
category:Rijksmonumenten and tries to categorize these images every once
in a while. How does this work? Every id is in a list. A list contains a
link to Commons ({{Commonscat|<some category>}}). The bot uses this
information to categorize the image. This can be set up for every
country with unique identifiers.Example at [2].
* Automatic addition of coordinates: If you monuments have an unique
identifier and the list entry contains coordinates for a monument, a bot
will add this location ({{Object location|<lat>|<lon>}}) to the image.
This can be set up for every country with unique identifiers.Example at [3].
* Monuments api [4]: The monuments api is going to be the basis for
multiple tools:
** Monuments on the map in Open StreetMap, Google Maps & Google Earth.
This should be easy to embed in your own website. This is not finished yet.
** Augmented reality using Layar. Prototype at [5]
** Maybe more?
* Commonist:Would be great if someone can pick up the Commonist
Simplification - a simplified Commonist fork which prefills all fields
where possible and makes it useful for non-nerds. Current version
explanation available on [6]. To pick this up, you need to be able to
program in java.
Especially for the monuments api based tools we could use more help. We
already have a lot of cool local tools. It would be great if we have
some awesome European tools too from which all countries can benefit.
A full (raw) list of tools is available at
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monu…
Maarten & Lodewijk
[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:NeilK/Multimedia2011/WikiLovesMonuments
[2]
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/w/index.php?title=File%3ADon…
<https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/w/index.php?title=File%3ADonkere_Spaarne_20.jpg&action=historysubmit&diff=44237052&oldid=44233495>
[3]
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/w/index.php?title=File:Donke…
<https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/w/index.php?title=File:Donkere_Spaarne_20.jpg&diff=next&oldid=44237052>
[4]
http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/api/api.php
<http://toolserver.org/%7Eerfgoed/api/api.php>
[5]
http://owlz.org/?url=http://toolserver.org/~erfgoed/layar/location.html
<http://owlz.org/?url=http://toolserver.org/%7Eerfgoed/layar/location.html>
[6]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Tools/Commonist
